Music museums in Belgium

The Mim (Musical Instrument Museum) is housed in an 1899 Art Nouveau building. The museum displays a collection of some 1,500 musical instruments. There are also sound recordings from antiquity to the present day. Mechanical and the 20th-century instruments and bells are displayed underground. On th

Museum Vleeshuis is located in the Vleeshuis in Antwerp, a former guild house. The Museum focuses on 600 years of musical life in Antwerp. It highlights centuries of sound, music and dance. From ancient players, bells in the tower, music in theaters and opera, in churches, on kiosks and concert hall

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The Tinel Museum is dedicated to the life and work of Flemish Romantic pianist and composer Edgar Tinel (1854 - 1912). The museum is located in his birthplace. Together with composer Peter Benoit, Edgar Tinel was at the forefront of music in Belgium for many years. Tinel's musical oeuvre has its roo

The Grétry Museum is housed in the birthplace of Liège composer André-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813). The museum's collection includes various paintings, sculptures, etchings, scores, instruments and documents related to the artist.

The Municipal Museum Peter Benoit is dedicated to the Flemish composer and music educator Peter Benoit (1834-1901). The story is told by five women, Benoit's mother, his wife and his lovers. They illuminate Peter Benoit's life from their own point of view. Sound showers bring music by Benoit and col

The [F] Experience Museum is a music museum that interactively and multimedia showcases and displays the history and development of folk and folk music both in Flanders and around the world. Features include instruments, sound and film clips, listening room, sound domes, a dance floor, a sound carpe

The Folk Instrument Museum is dedicated to folk instruments such as a rumble pot, a clanging organ, a hurdy-gurdy and a bumblebee. In addition to displaying these instruments, the museum also shows prints and archival documents. Many instruments are known from ancient painting, for example from the

The Armand Preud'homme museum is dedicated to the Flemish composer, organist, and honorary citizen of the municipalities of Peer, Geel, Kampenhout, Kasterlee and Zichem. The museum is located in the original Armand Preud'homme house. On display are authentic family heirlooms such as his grand piano,